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Ken Flach
Country (sports)
 United States
Residence
Mill Valley, California, U.S.
Born
(1963-05-24)May 24, 1963
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died March 12, 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 54)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro 1983
Retired 1996 (brief periods of activity 2009-2011)
Plays Right-handed (2-handed backhand)
Prize money
US$ 2,064,571
Singles
Career record 52-80
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 56 (December 9, 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1983, 1987)
French Open 1R (1986, 1988)
Wimbledon 3R (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
US Open 4R (1987)
Doubles
Career record 443-215
Career titles 34
Highest ranking
No. 1 (October 14, 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (1987)
French Open QF (1985, 1986, 1988)
Wimbledon
W (1987, 1988)
US Open
W (1985, 1993)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals F (1987, 1991)

Kenneth Eliot Flach (May 24, 1963 – March 12, 2018)[1][2] was a professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon and two US Open), and two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (Wimbledon and French Open). He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Robert Seguso.[3] Flach reached the world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985.


Flach played doubles on the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1985–1991, compiling an 11–2 record. He was also a member of the U.S. team which won the World Team Cup in 1985.


During his career, Flach won 36 doubles titles (34 men's doubles and 2 mixed doubles). His final career title was won in 1994 at Scottsdale, Arizona.


Before turning professional, Flach played tennis for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he won the NCAA Division II singles championships in 1981, 1982 and 1983, and teamed with Seguso to reach the 1983 Division I doubles final.


Following his retirement from the professional tour, Flach devoted himself to coaching. He guided Vanderbilt University to its first NCAA tournament berth in 1999. In 2003, he led the team to Vanderbilt's first NCAA championship finals appearance in any sport. He had also played in seniors events, and won the Wimbledon 35-and-over men's doubles title in 1999 and 2000.


In early March, after playing 36 holes of golf, Flach fell ill with bronchitis, which in a matter of four days turned into pneumonia and then into sepsis.[4] Flach died on March 12, 2018, aged 54, from sepsis at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.[5][6]




Contents






  • 1 Major finals


    • 1.1 Grand Slam finals


      • 1.1.1 Men's doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)


      • 1.1.2 Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles)




    • 1.2 Olympic men's doubles final




  • 2 Doubles finals (58)


    • 2.1 Wins (34)




  • 3 Doubles performance timeline


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Major finals



Grand Slam finals



Men's doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)


































































Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner 1985 US Open Hard
United States Robert Seguso

France Henri Leconte
France Yannick Noah
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Winner 1987 Wimbledon Grass
United States Robert Seguso

Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez Vicario
3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 1987 US Open Hard
United States Robert Seguso

Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 1988 Wimbledon (2)
Grass
United States Robert Seguso

Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 1989 US Open Hard
United States Robert Seguso

United States John McEnroe
Australia Mark Woodforde
4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 1993 US Open (2)
Hard
United States Rick Leach

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2


Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles)






























Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner 1986 French Open Clay
United States Kathy Jordan

South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
Australia Mark Edmondson
3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Winner 1986 Wimbledon Grass
United States Kathy Jordan

United States Martina Navratilova
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
6–3, 7–6(9–7)


Olympic men's doubles final





















Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Gold
1988

Seoul Olympics
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez Vicario
6–3, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7), 9–7


Doubles finals (58)



Wins (34)















Legend
Grand Slam (4–2)
Olympic Gold (1–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (1–2)
ATP Masters Series (2–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–3)
ATP Tour (22–16)









Titles by Surface
Hard (16–15)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (5–1)
Carpet (7–5)

















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents in the final
Score in the final
Runner-up
1.
December 12, 1983

Taipei, Taiwan
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

Australia Wally Masur
Australia Kim Warwick
6–7, 4–6
Winner
1.
June 11, 1984

Rome, Italy
Clay

United States Robert Seguso

Australia John Alexander
United States Mike Leach
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up
2.
July 16, 1984

Newport, United States
Grass

United States Robert Seguso

Australia David Graham
Australia Laurie Warder
4–6, 6–7
Winner
2.
July 23, 1984

Boston, United States
Clay

United States Robert Seguso

United States Gary Donnelly
Puerto Rico Ernie Fernandez
6–4, 6–4
Winner
3.
August 13, 1984

Indianapolis, United States
Clay

United States Robert Seguso

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
7–6, 7–5
Winner
4.
September 17, 1984

Los Angeles, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Poland Wojtek Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner
5.
October 29, 1984

Hong Kong
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Paul McNamee
6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Winner
6.
November 6, 1984

Taipei, Taiwan
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

United States Drew Gitlin
United States Hank Pfister
6–1, 6–7, 6–2
Winner
7.
January 6, 1985

Masters Doubles WCT, London
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up
3.
February 25, 1985

La Quinta, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner
8.
April 1, 1985

Fort Myers, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Sammy Giammalva, Jr.
United States David Pate
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up
4.
April 8, 1985

Chicago, United States
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

United States Johan Kriek
France Yannick Noah
6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 4–6
Winner
9.
May 13, 1985

Forest Hills, United States
Clay

United States Robert Seguso

Brazil Givaldo Barbosa
Brazil Ivan Kley
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up
5.
May 20, 1985

Rome, Italy
Clay

United States Robert Seguso

Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner
10.
June 17, 1985

London/Queen's Club, England
Grass

United States Robert Seguso

Australia Pat Cash
Australia John Fitzgerald
3–6, 6–3, 16–14
Winner
11.
July 29, 1985

Indianapolis, United States
Clay

United States Robert Seguso

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Australia Kim Warwick
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up
6.
August 12, 1985

Stratton Mountain, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Winner
12.
August 19, 1985

Montreal, Canada
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Winner
13.
September 9, 1985

U.S. Open, New York
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

France Henri Leconte
France Yannick Noah
6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
Winner
14.
October 28, 1985

Tokyo Indoor, Japan
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner
15.
February 10, 1986

Memphis, United States
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

France Guy Forget
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner
16.
March 31, 1986

Chicago, United States
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

South Africa Eddie Edwards
Paraguay Francisco González
6–0, 7–5
Winner
17.
October 20, 1986

Tokyo Outdoor, Japan
Carpet

United States Matt Anger

United States Jimmy Arias
United States Greg Holmes
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up
7.
March 9, 1987

Miami, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up
8.
April 27, 1987

Seoul, South Korea
Hard

United States Jim Grabb

United States Eric Korita
United States Mike Leach
7–6, 1–6, 5–7
Winner
18.
July 6, 1987

Wimbledon, London
Grass

United States Robert Seguso

Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez Vicario
3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up
9.
July 20, 1987

Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Gary Donnelly
United States Greg Holmes
6–7, 3–6
Winner
19.
August 24, 1987

Cincinnati, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Steve Denton
Australia John Fitzgerald
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up
10.
September 14, 1987

U.S. Open, New York
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up
11.
November 16, 1987

Wembley, England
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up
12.
December 13, 1987

Masters Doubles, London
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up
13.
March 28, 1988

Miami, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–7, 1–6, 5–7
Winner
20.
June 13, 1988

London/Queen's Club, England
Grass

United States Robert Seguso

South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser
6–2, 7–6
Winner
21.
July 4, 1988

Wimbledon, London
Grass

United States Robert Seguso

Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up
14.
August 2, 1988

Indianapolis, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
4–6, 3–6
Winner
22.
August 15, 1988

Toronto, Canada
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United Kingdom Andrew Castle
United States Tim Wilkison
7–6, 6–3
Winner
23.
September 26, 1988

Seoul, South Korea
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez Vicario
6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
Winner
24.
November 14, 1988

Wembley, England
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

United States Martin Davis
Australia Brad Drewett
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up
15.
November 21, 1988

Detroit, United States
Carpet

United States Robert Seguso

United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
4–6, 1–6
Winner
25.
April 24, 1989

Tokyo Outdoor, Japan
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Kevin Curren
United States David Pate
7–6, 7–6
Winner
26.
August 21, 1989

Cincinnati, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up
16.
September 11, 1989

U.S. Open, New York
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States John McEnroe
Australia Mark Woodforde
4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up
17.
October 9, 1989

Orlando, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Scott Davis
United States Tim Pawsat
5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up
18.
March 25, 1991

Miami, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

South Africa Wayne Ferreira
South Africa Piet Norval
7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Winner
27.
May 6, 1991

Tampa, United States
Clay

United States Robert Seguso

United States David Pate
United States Richey Reneberg
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up
19.
July 22, 1991

Washington, D.C., United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
4–6, 2–6
Winner
28.
August 12, 1991

Cincinnati, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata
6–7, 6–4, 7–5
Winner
29.
August 19, 1991

Indianapolis, United States
Hard

United States Robert Seguso

United States Kent Kinnear
United States Sven Salumaa
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up
20.
November 24, 1991

Doubles Championships, Johannesburg
Hard (i)

United States Robert Seguso

Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner
30.
March 23, 1992

Miami, United States
Hard

United States Todd Witsken

United States Kent Kinnear
United States Sven Salumaa
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up
21.
July 20, 1992

Washington, D.C., United States
Hard

United States Todd Witsken

United States Bret Garnett
United States Jared Palmer
2–6, 3–6
Winner
31.
April 12, 1993

Tokyo Outdoor, Japan
Hard

United States Rick Leach

Canada Glenn Michibata
United States David Pate
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner
32.
June 21, 1993

Manchester, England
Grass

United States Rick Leach

South Africa Stefan Kruger
Canada Glenn Michibata
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up
22.
August 23, 1993

Indianapolis, United States
Hard

United States Rick Leach

United States Scott Davis
United States Todd Martin
4–6, 4–6
Winner
33.
September 13, 1993

U.S. Open, New York
Hard

United States Rick Leach

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner
34.
February 28, 1994

Scottsdale, United States
Hard

Sweden Jan Apell

United States Alex O'Brien
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–0, 6–4
Runner-up
23.
May 16, 1994

Coral Springs, United States
Clay

France Stephane Simian

South Africa Lan Bale
New Zealand Brett Steven
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up
24.
May 13, 1996

Pinehurst, United States
Clay

United States David Wheaton

Australia Pat Cash
Australia Patrick Rafter
2–6, 3–6


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Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Career SR Career Win-Loss

Grand Slams

Australian Open
3R
2R
A
NH
SF
A
A
A
A
A
A
QF
A
1R
0 / 5
8–5

French Open
A
1R
QF
QF
A
QF
A
2R
2R
2R
2R
1R
1R
1R
0 / 11
13–11

Wimbledon
A
3R
1R
QF

W

W
SF
QF
3R
3R
2R
2R
1R
1R
2 / 13
30–11

U.S. Open
1R
2R

W
A
F
SF
F
3R
SF
2R

W
1R
QF
1R
2 / 13
37–10
Grand Slam SR
0 / 2
0 / 4
1 / 3
0 / 2
1 / 3
1 / 3
0 / 2
0 / 3
0 / 3
0 / 3
1 / 3
0 / 4
0 / 3
0 / 4
4 / 42
N/A
Annual Win-Loss
2–2
3–4
9–2
6–2
14–2
13–2
9–2
6–2
7–3
4–3
8–2
4–4
3–3
0–4
N/A
88–37

ATP Masters Series

Indian Wells
These Tournaments Were Not

Masters Series Events

Before 1990
2R
2R
2R
QF
2R
A
1R
0 / 6
4–6

Miami
2R
F

W
2R
3R
A
2R
1 / 6
12–5

Monte Carlo
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0

Rome
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0

Hamburg
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0

Canada
1R
SF
2R
A
A
A
1R
0 / 4
3–4

Cincinnati
2R

W
QF
2R
2R
A
A
1 / 5
10–4

Stuttgart (Stockholm)
A
2R
A
2R
A
A
A
0 / 2
0–2

Paris
A
SF
2R
2R
A
A
A
0 / 3
3–3
Masters Series SR
N/A
0 / 4
1 / 6
1 / 5
0 / 5
0 / 3
0 / 0
0 / 3
2 / 26
N/A
Annual Win-Loss
N/A
2–4
16–5
8–4
3–5
2–3
0–0
1–3
N/A
32–24
Year End Ranking
103
11
2
19
5
2
11
76
5
60
23
90
121
141
N/A

A = did not attend tournament

NH = tournament not held



References





  1. ^ Samulski, Michal. "Doubles legend Ken Flach has passed away at 54 after short illness (pneumonia, septic shock). He has won 6 Grand Slam titles (4 doubles, 2 mixed doubles) and men's doubles Gold Medal at 1988 Olympic Games. He reached the World No.1 doubles ranking in 1985.pic.twitter.com/wWk7v2Vbth"..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Press, Associated (March 13, 2018). "Ken Flach, owner of 6 Grand Slam doubles titles, dead at 54" – via www.washingtonpost.com.


  3. ^ "Olympic results".


  4. ^ "Ken Flach: 1963-2018 | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2018-05-23.


  5. ^ "Tennis: Former Olympic doubles champion Flach dies, aged 54". Reuters. March 13, 2018.


  6. ^ "Ken Flach: 1963-2018". ATP. March 13, 2018.




External links




  • Ken Flach at the Association of Tennis Professionals


  • Ken Flach at the International Tennis Federation


  • Ken Flach at the Davis Cup